Effect of a heterogeneous network on glass transition dynamics and solvent crack behavior of epoxy resins

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Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 7470
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Effect of soft segment molecular weight on the glass transition, crystallinity, molecular mobility and segmental dynamics of poly(ethylene oxide) based poly(urethane–urea) copolymers

Oguzhan Oguz, Stefanos A. Koutsoumpis, Eren Simsek, Emel Yilgor, Iskender Yilgor, Polycarpos Pissis and Yusuf Z. Menceloglu

RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 40745
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Effects of hydration water on bioresponsiveness of polymer interfaces revealed by analysis of linear and cyclic polymer-grafted substrates

Shin-nosuke Nishimura, Naoya Kurahashi, Shohei Shiomoto, Yoshihisa Harada and Masaru Tanaka

Soft Matter, 2024, 20, 9454
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Aggregation State and Thermal Molecular Motion of a Bio-Inert Polymer at the Water Interface

Hisao MATSUNO and Keiji TANAKA

KOBUNSHI RONBUNSHU, 2019, 76, 185
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Role of interfacial water in determining the interactions of proteins and cells with hydrated materials

Masaru Tanaka, Shigeaki Morita and Tomohiro Hayashi

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2021, 198, 111449
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Roles of interfacial water states on advanced biomedical material design

Kei Nishida, Takahisa Anada and Masaru Tanaka

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2022, 186, 114310
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A compact device for simultaneous dielectric spectroscopy and microgravimetric analysis under controlled humidity

Alessia Gennaro, Antonio S. Rosa, Peter Cornelis, Helge Pfeiffer, Edgardo A. Disalvo, Patrick Wagner and Michael Wübbenhorst

Review of Scientific Instruments, 2019, 90
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A Facile Surface Functionalization Method for Polymers Using a Nonsolvent

Toyoaki Hirata, Hidenobu Taneda, Kazuya Nishio, Manabu Inutsuka, Norifumi L. Yamada, Fumiya Nemoto, Yasuhisa Minagawa, Hisao Matsuno and Keiji Tanaka

ACS Appl. Bio Mater., 2020, 3, 2170
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Evaluation of water structures in cotton cloth by fractal analysis with broadband dielectric spectroscopy

Shin Yagihara, Hironobu Saito, Hironori Sugimoto, Tsubasa Kawaguchi, Minoru Fukuzaki, Takako Igarashi, Masato Hoshi and Koichi Nakamura

J Mater Sci, 2021, 56, 17844
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Cross-Linking Effect on Segmental Dynamics of Well-Defined Epoxy Resins

Atsuomi Shundo, Mika Aoki, Satoru Yamamoto and Keiji Tanaka

Macromolecules, 2021, 54, 5950
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Modification of a Polymer Surface by Partial Swelling Using Nonsolvents

Hidenobu Taneda, Norifumi L. Yamada, Fumiya Nemoto, Yasuhisa Minagawa, Hisao Matsuno and Keiji Tanaka

Langmuir, 2021, 37, 14941
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Interfacial water states and the biocompatibility of biomaterials: The role of intermediate water

Masaru Tanaka, Shigeaki Morita and Tomohiro Hayashi

Polym J, 2026, 58, 343
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Water as the often neglected medium at the interface between materials and biology

B. L. Dargaville and D. W. Hutmacher

Nat Commun, 2022, 13
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Rotational Dynamics of a Probe in Rubbery Polymers Characterized by Time‐Resolved Fluorescence Anisotropy Measurement

Hung K. Nguyen, Asuka Konomi, Shin Sugimoto, Manabu Inutsuka, Daisuke Kawaguchi and Keiji Tanaka

Macro Chemistry & Physics, 2018, 219
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Adhesion Control of Biogenic Components ontoPolymers Based on Interfacial Designs

Yukari ODA

Journal of The Adhesion Society of Japan, 2018, 54, 44
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Fractal water structures affected by softener agent in cotton cloths

Shin Yagihara, Hironobu Saito, Hironori Sugimoto, Tsubasa Kawaguchi, Minoru Fukuzaki, Takako Igarashi, Masato Hoshi and Koichi Nakamura

J Mater Sci, 2022, 57, 13060
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First Observation of the Hydration Layer around Polymer Chain by Scattering and Its Relationship to Thromboresistance: Dilute Solution Properties of PMEA in THF/Water

Takuma Kanamaru, Masataka Araki, Rintaro Takahashi, Shota Fujii, Toshiyuki Shikata, Daiki Murakami, Masaru Tanaka and Kazuo Sakurai

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2021, 125, 7251
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Characterization of the Hydrated Bio/materials Interface and Development of Medical Devices

Masaru TANAKA

Oleoscience, 2025, 25, 133
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Design of a Well-Defined Polyrotaxane Structure on a Glassy Polymer Surface

Hidenobu Taneda, Atsuomi Shundo, Hisao Matsuno and Keiji Tanaka

Langmuir, 2018, 34, 709
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Design of Polymeric Biomaterials: The “Intermediate Water Concept”

Masaru Tanaka, Shingo Kobayashi, Daiki Murakami, Fumihiro Aratsu, Aki Kashiwazaki, Takashi Hoshiba and Kazuki Fukushima

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2019, 92, 2043
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Construction of hydrophilic surfaces with poly(vinyl ether)s and their interfacial properties in water

Yukari Oda

Polym J, 2019, 51, 955
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Water-Induced Crystal Transition and Accelerated Relaxation Process of Polyamide 4 Chains in Microfibers

Jin-Hyeok Hong, Haruki Mokudai, Takashi Masaki, Hisao Matsuno and Keiji Tanaka

Biomacromolecules, 2022, 23, 3458
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Surface Characterization and Platelet Adhesion on Thin Hydrogel Films of Poly(vinyl ether)

Nozomi Itagaki, Yukari Oda, Toyoaki Hirata, Hung Kim Nguyen, Daisuke Kawaguchi, Hisao Matsuno and Keiji Tanaka

Langmuir, 2017, 33, 14332
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